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Appears in 5 stories · Last updated Nov 9, 2026
Issued report faulting USDA for lack of transparency
The Agriculture Department has cut its workforce by about 20% since December 2024, from 91,000 employees to 73,000. It also wants to move about half its Washington-area staff to offices around the country.
Updated 2 days ago
Warning that FAA modernization planning is incomplete
On Nov. 5, the Federal Aviation Administration said it will replace four systems dating to the 1980s with a digital display board at 435 sites by the end of 2028. Controllers at more than 400 facilities still load weather alerts and flight data from floppy disks.
Updated 5 days ago
Sustained protest in part
The National Science Foundation re-awarded KBR its $8 billion, 20-year contract to run U.S. Antarctic research stations on October 29. The agency says it fixed the flaw a federal watchdog found in how it scored the bids.
Updated Nov 1
As of October 2026: Published detailed report on workforce changes across 22 major agencies
The US federal civilian workforce has dropped to about 2.7 million employees, the smallest since 1966. More than 300,000 workers left between January 2025 and early 2026, an 11% reduction in just over a year. The cuts reached nearly every major agency.
Updated Oct 1
As of May 2026: Monitoring Space Force infrastructure sustainment
The Space Force just started ripping out 1970s-era network equipment at 14 bases nationwide, racing to install zero-trust cybersecurity before adversaries can blind America's satellites. CACI won the $212 million job (77% below the government's estimate) to upgrade both classified and unclassified networks as cyber incidents targeting space systems surged 118% in 2025. It's the biggest bet yet that software-defined networks can stop what's coming.
Updated May 19
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